Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (born 1 March 1979 in
Røyken
Røyken is a district and village (''bygd'') and a former municipality in Buskerud in Viken County, Norway. In 2020 Røyken was merged with the municipalities of Hurum and Asker to form the new Asker Municipality (informally called "Greater As ...
) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.
He achieved the title
International Master
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in 2008, and was awarded the
Grandmaster title in 2015.
Chess career
Hansen was the first coach of later World Champion
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Championship, World Rapid Chess Champio ...
, from 2000 to 2001, when Hansen served a one-year
alternative civilian service
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programme at the Norwegian College of Elite Sport.
Carlsen was nine years old at the time, and trained chess in a group along with two other children, organized by Hansen. Carlsen's rating improved from about 900 to 1,900 during this one-year period.
Hansen achieved his first Grandmaster
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in the 2003/04
Rilton Cup
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in
Stockholm
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,
[ with subsequent norms in the Norwegian Premier League in 2007/08 and in Almeria in 2011.][
From 2009 to 2013 he was running the chess company Sjakkhuset, along with ]Silje Bjerke
Silje Bjerke (born 15 July 1982) is a Norwegian chess player and magazine editor. She holds the title Woman International Master, and has competed for Norway in the Women's Chess Olympiad seven times.
Biography
Born on 15 July 1982, Bjerke ach ...
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Early and personal life
Hansen was born on 1 March 1979.[ Having learned chess as a child from his father, his child and youth achievements include becoming "Lilleputt" national champion in 1992, 13 years old. Further, he became Norwegian "Kadett" champion in 1995, and Norwegian junior champion in 1998.]
References
1979 births
Living people
Norwegian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Chess coaches
People from Røyken
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